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Restored Cadillac Limo Is, Once Again, The Longest Car In The World: Video

The comedically long Cadillac limo originally built by Hollywood car customizer Jay Ohrberg has once again staked its claim as the world’s longest vehicle after a lengthy two-and-a-half-year restoration process.

The American Dream as Manning found it

Michael Manning, the president and director of Autoseum in Mineola, New York, purchased this 100-foot-long Cadillac limo roughly eight years ago after he found it rotting away behind a building somewhere in New Jersey. The limo, dubbed ‘The American Dream’ by Ohrberg, was labelled the world’s longest car by The Guinness Book of World Records in the 1990s and even featured luxurious amenities like a hot tub and a helipad before it was left to decay in an industrial park.

The American Dream as it sat in the 1990s

After winning the limo in an auction, Manning teamed up with Mike Dezer, owner of Florida-based car museum and tourist attraction Dezerland, to have the vehicle restored. Completing a full restoration on any vehicle can be a big undertaking, so it should go without saying that returning ‘The American Dream’ to its former glory was a huge task. While the vehicle utilizes the actual frames from six different Cadillac Eldorados, the extended middle section is a custom-made ladder frame that required various repairs and reinforcement. Manning and Dezer even had the hot tub and helipad restored – both of which are now fully operational.

The Guinness Book of World Records recently paid The American Dream a visit at Dezerland in Florida, re-measuring the recently restored Cadillac limo and re-certifying it as the world’s longest vehicle at 100 feet and 1.5 inches long. Manning and Dezer are considering converting the limo into a battery-electric vehicle at some point in the future, Manning said, which would also certify it as the world’s longest EV. While the sheer size and mass of the vehicle would certainly hurt its range, there’s plenty of room to fit a big battery pack within its 100-foot-long frame.

Check out the Guinness World Records video on the newly restored Great American Dream limousine embedded below.

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  1. How much horsepower does it have and isn’t it hard to steer?

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  2. This is part of Bidens build back better.. Or a future E.V.

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    1. Boy, I hope the Chinese Government doesn’t see this thing and build a longer limo for that Xi fellow.

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  3. I have several questions about this. First, many many engines does it have now? Does it bend in the middle? How does it make turns if it doesn’t bend or pivot like a semi?

    But the biggest question I have, does it just sit in a huge parking lot somewhere? You couldn’t possibly drive it on the road under normal conditions.

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  4. This car should house a harem in Las Vegas that shuttles between the casinos on a long straight stretch of road with a custom made turn around at the end. High rollers only please…!

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  5. Most ’70s American cars were roughly this size….

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  6. Weird

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  7. This is stupid, you can’t drive this on the road because there is a 70’ limit on length by federal rules without an oversized permit which are expensive and require escort vehicles just like the trucks that haul wind generator blades. So this is a novelty built by someone who has more dollars than SENSE!

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  8. Eldo’s rule! Keeping up with the Joneses taken to a new level.

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  9. Best SUV GM has ever built!

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  10. This is America. We do things like this.

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